I think it was just as valuable as someone out there with a rifle in their hand. |
If I couldn't have got in one place I would have went another way -- there was no way I wasn't going to serve my country -- there was just no way. |
It's just frustrating, it's really frustrating. |
It's more important to me it gets passed, so if something happens to me, (my wife) gets that benefit. |
It's not an emergency for them; it's an emergency for every Merchant Marine veteran that's left. |